Greater Good Magazine

To psychologists, purpose is an abiding intention to achieve a long-term goal that is both personally meaningful and makes a positive mark on…

Should Pediatricians Prescribe Kindness?

Purpose in Life Quiz

Americans are increasingly divided along social and political lines. The evidence for this polarization can be found in our most intimate…

The Six Keys to Positive Communication

Bridging Differences Quiz

Compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Among emotion researchers, it is defined as the feeling that arises when you are…

Can We Build a Better Normal After the Pandemic?

Compassionate Love Quiz

Robert Emmons, perhaps the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude, argues that gratitude has two key components, which he describes…

Can Gratitude Help You Live More Sustainably?

Gratitude Quiz

Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through…

Four Surprising Ways to Get a Better Night’s Sleep

Mindfulness Quiz

For the Greater Good Science Center, “diversity” refers to both an obvious fact of human life—namely, that there are many different…

Just Thinking About Cooperation Can Make You Less Prejudiced

Connection to Humanity Quiz

Awe is the feeling we get in the presence of something vast that challenges our understanding of the world, like looking up at millions of…

Your Happiness Calendar for April 2021

Awe Quiz

When researchers refer to the concept of social connection, they mean the feeling that you belong to a group and generally feel close to…

The Six Keys to Positive Communication

Social Capital Quiz

Most of us probably don’t believe we need a formal definition of happiness; we know it when we feel it, and we often use the term to…

How Optimism Helps You Achieve Goals With Less Stress

Happiness at Work

Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person…

Four Surprising Ways to Get a Better Night’s Sleep

Forgiveness Quiz

The term “empathy” is used to describe a wide range of experiences. Emotion researchers generally define empathy as the ability to sense…

Can We Build a Better Normal After the Pandemic?

Empathy Quiz

Altruism is when we act to promote someone else’s welfare, even at a risk or cost to ourselves. Though some believe that humans are…

Just Thinking About Cooperation Can Make You Less Prejudiced

Altruism Quiz